AnimeGirl 144 A/N: Hiya everyone. Hope you enjoyed the last chapter, cause now we're on to the next. I know the last chapter said it was a sole Megas chapter, but after some thinking, I've discovered I haven't touched on Foster's, so I've included a bit of Foster's in this chapter (but it's still focused on Megas and its Nano).

Disclaimer: I own nothing except maybe my character (it's half-and-half because I use the name in FusionFall, sort of). Everything else in FusionFall is the property of Cartoon Network, except something that is owned by Teletoon, and then Toonami.

Title: What Gets Me Through the War
Author: AnimeGirl 144
Chapter Ten: Imaginary Junk

We had a week of absolutely nothing to do. Dexter didn't request any missions for us to do, and there hasn't been any Fusion sightings. We were given the time to rest but found little things to do in our down time. I had noticed, as I did my daily walk around the inside of the Cul-de-Sac (Rolf was very clear on the fact that I couldn't leave the kingdom without someone accompanying me or on a mission), that the cardboards seemed to be coming apart. I had noticed it in little areas. I decided to bring it up to Double-D, who looked troubled when I presented him my findings.

"Oh my. This is the third time today that my cardboards have been reported to be coming apart," Double-D commented. "But what am I going to do? I have nothing to keep them together. Our resources are minimal."

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but I may be of some help," Wilt said as he stepped into the conversation. "Sorry, but I couldn't but eavesdrop. I know Foster's sitll has the imaginary toothpaste that can stick anything together for the longest time."

I could see the skeptical look in my friend's eyes, but I felt like it would be useful.

"I'll grab the toothpaste Double-D," I offered. "You should give it a try."

"Very well. But do not let Eddy know about this. If he finds out about it, he'll kill me," Double-D said, adding the last part with a terrified frown.

I nodded and headed off to find my group of friends who were lying under a tree, doing nothing. They were excited at the thought of heading to Foster's, even though it was a delivery run. Guess anything was better than nothing. We headed out of the Cul-de-Sac and towards Foster's, passing by Father's house development. We entered the gates of the home surprised to be greeted by the granddaughter of Madame Foster, Frankie.

"Hey guys. Welcome to Foster's," she greeted cheerfully. "It's been a long time since I last saw you, Alice. What can I do for you?"

"We were wondering if you had some extra Imaginary Toothpaste around. The Cul-de-Sac's cardboards are failing," I explained. "We were wondering if we can use some to fix it."

"Sure. Mr. Herriman's got it. He's somewhere behind the House," she said.

"Behind?" Brent asked.

"Why isn't he in?" I asked, knowing that the imaginary rabbit hated being outside if he could avoid it.

"The House has been overrun by some Fusion Monsters," Frankie answered with a frown. "No one has been able to enter it. It's been locked from the inside."

"Is there anything we can do?" Trent asked.

"Unless you've got a key that'll fit it? No. Don't worry, we'll be fine. Besides, you've got your mission to do," Frankie said.

I didn't feel right about leaving Frankie and the other Imaginary Friends without a home, but before I could protest, something grabbed me from behind and picked me up. I could tell by the feel and the cries that it was Eduardo, but my three teammates didn't know the Imaginary Friend and thought him to be an enemy as they aimed their weapons for the harmless purple Friend.

"It's okay guys," Frankie and I said at the same time.

"Eduardo's a friend," I continued.

"iOh senorita Alice! iEstoy feliz de verte!" Eduardo said. (Translation: I'm very happy to see you)

"I'm happy to see you too Eduardo," I replied back kindly, not being able to feel my arms in the bear hug.

Eduardo placed me down, though I wobbled a little until I straightened out. My teammates calmed down and placed their weapons away. The purple Friend was wiping away some tears, making me look at him in concern. I never liked it when Eduardo cried; he was a good Imaginary Friend and shouldn't be hurt.

"What's wrong Eduardo?" I asked.

"Oh senorita, three of mi cuddly toys are gone. Muy malo Monsters took them from me," Eduardo complained.

"Took them?"

"They're somewhere in the maze behind the House. I saw them," Frankie supplied.

"And four of mi potatoes!" Eduardo complained.

"Don't worry Ed," I said, patting his furry arm. "We'll get them back for you."

"We will?" I heard Brent say before he released an "OMFF!"

"Really?" Eduardo asked. "iOh gracias mi amiga!"

"It's no problem Ed," I said, placing a hand on his arm. "I don't mind helping a friend."

"Ed, why not talk to Mr. Herriman and get the Imaginary Toothpaste for Alice? She and her friends need it."

"iSi si! I will get it right away!" Eduardo said, running off.

"Be careful in the maze guys," Frankie warned. "The Monsters are in there, and it's hard to tell where they are."

"It's okay Frankie," I said in a comforting manner.

"We've taken on Fuse's Monsters that are way scarier than what you probably have," Brent boasted.

Frankie shook her head but didn't say anything else except, "Just be careful." We headed to the entrance to the right of the house, entering the maze with our guard up. We encountered a trio of Extremospawn, but killed them quickly. One of them dropped a stuffed animal while another had a potato.

"Two more stuffed dolls to go," Brent said.

"And three potatoes," Trent added.

"We need to keep moving if we're going to save the Cul-de-Sac," Palmar instructed.

We nodded and continued through the confusing maze. We hit a couple of dead-ends before encountering another trio of Monsters and attacked. Two potatoes were dropped and collected by Trent.

"This is too easy," Brent commented.

"Don't get cocky 'cause you'll slip up," Palmar warned.

"No worries," Brent said with a wave of his hand.

A few minutes later, we were able to obtain all of Eduardo's potatoes and stuffed animals. We headed out of the maze and to the back of the house where we found Eduardo with Mr. Herriman. Eduardo, before we got near him, visibly brightened and ran at us, saying things like "Mi toys!" and "Mi potatoes!". He hugged me once again in a crushing bear hug that almost took my breath away. After we were able to stabilize him, we exchanged our items, giving him his potatoes and toys and he gave us the Imaginary Toothpaste. Mr. Herriman warned us not to use it all before we headed back to the cardboard fortress. I could see that it was beginning to fail and quickly went to Double-D who was freaking out about Eddy finding out. He instructed us on where it was needed most, so we headed out and placed the Imaginary paste on it. The reaction was almost immediate - the failing cardboards snapped back into place, reinforcing the structure.

"Sam hill! It worked!" Double-D gawked in surprise.

"Guess Imaginary things are more incredible then we thought," Palmar commented offhandedly.

"Hey Alice!" Jonny's voice called. "Eddy needs ya to do a mission for him."

Double-D nearly fainted when hearing his friend's name. I turned and looked at the Urban Ranger and wooden friend walk up to us.

"What does he need done Jonny?" I asked.

"A guy named Coop ordered a piece not too long ago and it just came in. Eddy needs you to deliver it to him; he's in the Junkyard," Jonny answered, handing me a piece of strange looking metal.

I took the piece and inspected it. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was but nodded, placing it in my bag.

"Alright Jonny. Tell him I'm heading out to do it," I said to the bald-headed Ranger, who saluted and went off.

"One mission after another," Brent sighed.

"No complaining," Trent said. "Like Dexter said, we're in a war, and we have to do our part to win it. Our part is to help Alice."

I flushed a little and just headed for the exit of the fortress, slipping Wilt the paste before I left. My teammates followed after me. We passed by the trailer park again, briefly seeing the Kanker Sisters (minus May, which was strange) washing their clothes in the water. We came upon the Junkyard, and from so far away, we noticed the purple force-field that now symbolized the place to be an Infected Zone. We entered the entrance of the Infected Zone and found two males sitting in lawn chairs in front of a trailer.

"Oi. Which one of you is Coop?" Brent asked.

The blond, heavy-set man lifted up his sunglasses as he released a, "Yo. Mine name's Coop."

"We've got a package for you from the Cul-de-Sac," Brent said as I took out the item.

Trent looked over the item and saw the name brand and said, "Technically, it's from Dexter in Tech Square."

"Sweet! It came in!" Coop said with pure excitement.

He grabbed the piece from my hand and inspected it. His friend, I think it's his friend, stood up and looked over the piece.

"You think that thing will free Megas?"

Megas? My eyes wandered upwards for some reason, and I was able to catch the site of something blue. It looked like a robot...and I was strangely intrigued by it. I felt... almost a connection.

"It should. But we need to get to it," Coop said to him. "The kid needs Megas to be working in order for us to beat Fuse."

"We could do it," I offered.

All eyes were on me and I flushed but stood firm.

"I don't mind helping," I continued. "And besides, you said you need Megas to work to beat Fuse. My whole mission is to defeat Fuse, and if this Megas can do it, then I'll be more than happy to help."

Coop seemed to think it over before nodding and handing me the device. "Okay, you can try. That bot over there has been denying us entrance."

I did my best not to smile as I nodded and headed over to the the Dexbot. My team and I stepped on the pad and looked at the Dexbot who began the teleportation process. Before dematerializing on the outside of the Zone, I heard Coop shout, "And grab my game from Megas if you can!" We rematerialized on the other side of the Zone and began heading through the Zone via the floating items (we discovered from Dexter that the Fusion Matter messed with the items gravity). Halfway through the Zone, Dexter suddenly came on my NanoCom.

"Alice, I heard you're in the Junkyard Infected Zone, attempting to free Megas?" Dexter questioned.

"Yes."

"Be careful. Fuse seemed to want him to be indisposed during this war, which has me wondering," Dexter said. "However, before you free Megas, take care of the Fusion that is hidden in the Zone."

"Another Fusion?" Brent questioned.

"There are many Fusions out there," Dexter said. "Defeat the Fusion first, then rescue Megas. Dexter, out."

He left, not bothering to hear if we'd refuse or accept (he knew we wouldn't refuse, so it probably didn't matter).

"Alright, it's Fusion hunting season," Palmar joked.

"It shouldn't be too hard to find," Trent commented. "We know where they hide."

I looked around the opening and soon spotted, in the far distance, moving green. I began to walk in that direction, motioning for my teammates to follow. They did, and as we drew closer, we were able to see the Fusion Portal, so we ran to it and stepped on the portal, allowing it to transport us into the lair. We arrived in the underground lair. We were immediately greeted by Creep Tyrants.

"Alright! More butt to kick," Brent said.

"These Monsters don't have butts," his brother pointed out.

Brent scowled at his twin and said, "Way to ruin the fun."

We ran through the lair killing all the Tyrants in our way till we came upon the clearing. It seemed all the Fusions were in clearings, waiting for challengers. Waiting for me. It was a Fusion of Coop, who hadn't noticed us as it paced. It made me wonder what Fusions did all day. As a unified team, we ran towards the Fusion and shot at it. It responded by running at us, punching the air. It got close to us, and hit me in the chin with its fist, sending me backwards and to the ground. I hit the ground with a thud.

"Alice!"

"You okay?"

I got up into a sitting position with the help of Palmar while the twins continued to battle the Fusion. I numbly touched my chin. As if sensing my damage, my Nano Eduardo appeared out of the com and healed me, making the pain disappear, though it was still red. Palmar helped me stand as Nano Numbuh Five appeared.

"Let Nano Numbuh Five take over from here Alice," she said. "Drop Kick!"

My Nano drop kicked the Fusion in the face, green Matter flying and being absorbed by the Nano. The Fusion was in a daze. I delivered the final blow, making him turn into Fusion Matter before that Matter swirled into the form of a new Nano. I stared at the robotic Nano which I could not put a name to.

"How'd we beat that Fusion Coop but get this?" Brent asked.

"That is strange," Trent said, trying to examine the new Nano.

It hovered closer to me.

"What are we going to call it?" Brent asked.

"We can't worry about names," Palmar said, interrupting me as I opened my mouth. "We need to go free Megas."

I closed my mouth and nodded, placing my new Nano in the NanoCom. We exited the underground lair and back to the Junkyard. After walking a few feet, we were able to see an robot in blue surrounded by a lake of Fusion Matter. It was in a heroic pose, and I had no doubt that this was Megas. That meant I had received a Nano Megas.

"That's Megas?" Brent asked.

"We should have asked Coop more about Megas," Trent commented.

We used the floating items to get higher and closer to Megas. I continued to have the weird feeling I had before; like I was connect to it somehow. But why? We were able to make it to the top and stood near the car which, apparently, manned the robot.

"Okay, now what?" Brent asked.

"Alice, hand me the device," Palmar ordered.

I took it out of my bag and handed it to him. He opened the car door and got in. He began to do something (I'm not car savvy so I have no idea what he's doing) and placed the device among the wires. He then turned the keys that were left in the ignition. It sounded like it was trying to wake up, but nothing was happening. I continued to watch Palmar in anxiousness, wanting to see us succeed and free Megas. But nothing was working. Palmar was getting frustrated, and a sudden feeling of me being pulled found me standing at the hood. My body moved on its own as I placed my hands on the hood. A blue light, like when I first got my NanoCom, began to come from my hands and onto the hood. It began to spread out across the giant mecha until it was glowing a bright blue. What was even stranger...it was talking to me. Megas was talking to me. After a while, the light receded and I stepped back, feeling a little lightheaded. Palmar slammed his hands against the steering wheel, startling me.

"Nothing," he spat. "We need to get back to Coop and report."

We headed off Megas and back to the Dexbot and exited the Junkyard. We appeared back on the outside to a waiting Coop, his friend, and a new person with red hair. She seemed to be yelling at them.

"How could you let kids go off in there by themselves!"

"Relax Kiva, they wanted to," the black haired friend said.

"That's no excuse Jamie. You two should have gone with them as back-up. And further more-"

"Hey! You're back!" Coop said in delight, jogging to us as we stepped off the platform. "How did it go?"

"I couldn't restart Megas," Palmar reported gravely. "It had too many Terrafusers on it."

"You mean, he can't be freed?" Coop asked, his smile turning into a frown.

"I'm sorry Coop," I said to him, genuinely upset and sympathetic towards him. "Fuse made sure the Terrafuser's attack his hard drives. He can't get out, nor restart. But he's trying fight the-"

"How do you know that?" Kiva asked in shock.

"He...He talked to me," I answered hesitantly.

"Talk to you? Megas talked to you?" Coop asked, also in shock.

"Uhhh... I don't know if you know this, but Megas is a giant, alien robot that can't talk," Jamie said.

Megas is an alien?

"After what we saw, I don't doubt she talked to it," Palmar said. "Was that all it said?"

I nodded, "All he said. He's doing his best to fight the Terrafusers. But I promise you Coop, I'll defeat Fuse so we can free Megas."

Coop nodded, looking a little thankful.

"And we'll do all we can to help you defeat Fuse," Kiva said.

"By the way, did you get my video game?" Coop asked.

My eyes widened and I was about to tell him we didn't, but Brent suddenly flashed the item out of nowhere with a grin.

"Got it right here," he said, handing it over.

"Thanks man! You're a life saver. Gotta get this back to the game shop before it's considered late," Coop said, grinning at the box.

Kiva sighed and said to me, "For once I'm glad the Earth is not to be saved by him."

I gave her a small smile then grabbed my NanoCom. Dexter will want a report.

No P.O.V.

Dexter sighed as he leaned back in his chair. He had just had a conversation with Alice and her latest mission: his technology piece hadn't worked. Megas still wasn't free.

He was our second best shot. Fuse certainly wanted him out of the way. But if he was able to deal with the mecha so quickly, why not Alice? He knew he shouldn't be thinking things like that, but it was a question that needed to be answered none the less.

"Dexter?" Computress' voice broke through, making him rid of his thoughts. "Mandark is here to speak with you, as you requested."

Dexter sat up straight in his chair. He never really liked his dealings with his rival, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Though is this really a desperate time? his consciousness questioned.

"Send him in," Dexter ordered.

The hologram disappeared after bowing her head and moments later, his taller, geekier rival entered, holding his head high with arrogance. Despite the arrogance he was confused.

"What is the meaning of you calling me, poindexter?" Mandark demanded upon entering.

"I need your assistance on a project I've been coming up with, Susan," Dexter remarked. Just because he was asking the guy for his opinion and assistance didn't mean he wasn't going to not poke fun of the taller kid.

Mandark sneered at him and through clenched teeth asked, "And what might that be?"

"What's your opinion on hover boards?"

Mandark only blinked in complete surprise and managed, "What?"

A/N: And done! Hope you all enjoyed it. I love Megas (because I'm such a mecha fan) and couldn't resist writing it. After writing this, I've also decided to dedicate a chapter to the Nanos themselves (but that won't be for a long time). I enjoyed writing the conversation between Dexter and Mandark and Eduardo. He's just TOO CUTE! ^^ But I would like your opinions on the chapter.

Also, for those wondering, Alice gets weird connection feelings towards aliens. Why? Well, we'll discover that answer later on in the story (as well as Dexter's question (the first one)).

Next chapter will deal with Endsville (some of Charles Darwin Middle School) and three Fusions. After that, we get to meet a new character that is a member of Providence. Oh, and Rex too.

Till, then, this has been AnimeGirl 144! Bye bye!